"This obscure family of ours was early in the reformation": on family memory -- "I had such a thirst for knowledge": Franklin's Boston youth -- Franklin's imperial imaginings: "coined land" and global goals -- Pennsylvania politics and the problems of empire -- "People in the colonies...better judges": observing empire at midcentury -- Franklin in London's theatre of empire -- Love of country -- Rebellion to tyrants, obedience to god -- "I intended well, and I hope all will end well": Franklin's last years -- Conclusion.
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